Kicker for toy boats



A ril 9, 1935. F. LINDSTROM KICKER FOR TOY BOATS Filed March 8, 1934 INVENTOR. F/P/IZVA'L. LINDJTROM l y I ATTORNEY Patented Apri9t1935 I v I t V t i N E S A S- j KICKERFOR TOY, BOATS j Frank LLL'indstrom, Bridgeporhconn.

. Application.March 8,1934; Serial No. 714,576 3 p p I .3 Claims. f (01461-37) w p This invention relates to newand useful impinion is in mesh with'a gear 24 carriedfby a! 'provementsin toysand hasparticular "relation vertically extending shaft 25. 'Shaft '25 adja toi kickersfor toy boats. l i i 1 cent: the gear 24'has bearing in-a1ug 26 lanced The objects'and advantages of the invention and pressed from the section. l and the shaft will be made clear by a" consideration of the fol also extends through and has bearing" in the J3:

j lowing detailed description taken in connection frame sections 8 and 9 and at its upper endear- With the accompanying drawing wherein a satries a wheel 21. Obviously, as the shaft 25" is' a isfaotory embodiment of the invention is shown. rotated the propeller'22 willbe rotated. t However-, it is to be understood that the' inven- A coil spring 28 is located within the casing .10 tion isinot limited to the details disclos'ed butinl6 between the mounting frame; sections 8 and 9 l0: eludes all such variations and modifications as and the inner end of this spring is connected as at i fall within the spirit of the invention and the 9 t a in key 30 i k y extends t rou h scope of the appended claims. v i e the casing and the parallel frame sections and in- In :the'drawingi i i i i A cludes ahand piece'3l; The outer jend of the '2 Figi l' i'siasectional view' taken substantially spring 28 is in any suitable manner anchored l5...

- along the plane of the line l-I of Fig. 2'; j to the-downturned portion 14 of the frame sec- Fig; Z'is'a rearelevational View of the kicker; ion 8 as shown at 32. On turningof the key and i i 30in thenpr'oper direction theispring 28'. will be. Fig. 3 is a front elevationview thereof. o wound and as vit u w nds it W otat t ey- 7 Referring in detail to the drawing, a portion ur d the y belOW the Spring 8 is a 'rela- 20 I of a toy boat is generally designated 5 anda kickt v ly large e Which r meshes W h 1 er for driving said boat is generally designatedti. relatively mall pinion 34 rigid With'a shaft '35. This kicker comprises a mounting frame! shown mounted by the frame Sections 8 a d A180, 7 as made up of three pieces or sections 8 Band ill. on the Shaft 35 is a r 36 meshing With a Small Sections 8 and 9 are arranged horizontally in ter piniontl on the shaft 25. 25 vertically spaced relation and section ID is ar From h foregoing, it Willhe 018211 t the ranged vertically and at their rear ends the sec- 1 frame u ts a propeller a d a spring mo r it tions 8 and 9 carry ears or lugs II which are a d a t e mot s geared to e D QD passed through the section "l0 and then turned to drive the same a the p the motor against t A150, t upper n of Section lg unwinds. On the boat 5 there'is secured a clip 30 is bent inwardly at I: to lie against the upper 38 having turned edg s 9 p v i o v s.

surface of the rear end portion of section a which am section Marries a pair of wa d y d end portion carries ears or lugs l3 bent over flanges 4t! and the kicker 5 y be i y against the upper surface of the inturned portion httachfid t0 the boat 5 by t movement IZ'of section in. a I i At its forward end, section a is turned downinto h v s pr v d d by th finu d d s wardly providing aportion l4 and 'the forward 390i the 01ip'38- Y i end of ection 9 is turned upwardly 3,13; |5 From With the means thus far described it Will be Fig. 1 it will be clear thatqthe extreme lower end noted that Whenever thespring 8 'unW d it tween the kicker and boat to slide the flanges 48 35 t 40 of the down-turned portion I4 of section 8 rests drives the propeller and it will be app ec a 40 V against the lower surface of section 9. A circua whileithe key 3 is being p rat d t wind lar casing I6 encloses sections a and 9 for the the spring there is no means to prevent op greater portions of their lengths and the section atifm ofthe propeller to Prevent unwinding. 8 carries a pair of 'ears ll which extend through of the Spring eachtime t key is given a p 1 the upper wall of said casing and the raging gartial turn and while it is released to enable the 45 ries a lug l8 bent against the forward under side perat r to a ano r r p h y to u of section .9 whereby the forward portions of secr W IAISO, if p i W d W tions 8 and 9 are clamped between said lug and the kicker i disconnected m h boat the the top wall of the casing. spring will be rundown by the time the kicker is e The lower end portion of section I0 is bent to mounted on the boat. 50

extend rearwardly as at I9 and then upwardly .To prevent unwinding. of the spring motor exas at 20 providing a U-shaped bearing mounting cept when it is desired that the same unwind and a propeller shaft 2| whichat its outer or rear drive the propeller 22,1 provide a stop'in the 7 end carries a propeller 22. Shaft 2| at the inform of a lever 4| which lever is pivoted to the i ner side of section Ill carries a pinion 23 which frame section I8 at 42. The upper portion 43 of the lever 4| is bent to clear the wheel 21 and.

such upper portion forms or is shaped'to provide 7 a handle. 'Ihe extreme lower end of lever 4| is bent to provide a rearwardly extending portion or foot 44 capable of being moved into the path of movement of the propeller 22.

When the lever is positioned as'best shown in Fig. 2 its foot piece 44 is disposed between a pair of the blades of the propeller 22 and so efiectively prevents rotation of the propeller. Since the propeller cannot rotate and is geared to the spring motor it will be appreciated that such motor is prevented from unwinding or running down. On the handle portion of lever 4! being moved outwardly or toward the left' in' Fig'IZ the foot portion 44 of the lever will be carried into a position out of the path of movement of the propeller. A projection 45 on the'fra'm'e section I0 limits swinging movement of the lever 4|. It will now be clear that the entire kicker including the stop lever iiis in the nature ofa single unit easily applied to or removed from a boat. Lever 4| being on the frame 1 no special mounting means need be provided for it on the boat. Having thus set forth the nature of my invention, what I claim is:

' 1'. Ina kicker for a toy boat, a mounting frame casing, a spring motor mounted by and located between said horizontal sections, apropeller mounted on the vertical'section, and a driving connection between the motor and propeller,

2. In a kicker for a toy boat, a mounting frame, a spring motor on said frame, said frame including a substantially vertical portion extending downwardly of said spring motor, a propeller on said portion below the motor, a driving connection between the motor and propeller-whereby as the motor unwinds it drives the propeller, a substantially vertically extending lever, means pivoting said lever to the rear side of said frame portion, said lever having its upper portion extending above the motor for convenient manipulation, and said lever extending to the propeller having its lower end angularly disposed whereby as thel'ver isrocked about its pivot its lower end may be brought .into engagement with an edge of a blade of the propeller and secure the latter against rotation "by the motor.

' 3. In combination, a boat body, a kickercom f prising a mounting frame: including a substantially horizontal and a substantially vertical per-- tion at therear of said horizontal portion, a

spring motor mounted on said substantially hor-LI izontal portion, a propeller mountedon said substantially vertical portion, a driving connection between the motor and propeller whereby, as the motor unwinds it drives thepropeller, and come,

plementaryj means on the upper side of the boat at the rear ,thereof and the lowerrside of the, horizontal frame portion for mounting the frame on the boat with thevertical frame portion at the rear ofrthpe boat but withthe motor. over the boat. i i e FRANK L. smegma. 

